I completely disagree with this piece. Sharing it here because it's a good example of the dangers of half truth and this decision could have a horrible impact o

I completely disagree with this piece. Sharing it here because it's a good example of the dangers of half truth and this decision could have a horrible impact on our industry for exactly the opposite reason the author states. For those who didn't follow the trial or first appellate ruling Google copied the spec and then clean roomed their own implementation. If organizations can copyright a spec (an API) then one organization gets to own a protocol (ex. Samba use now requires licensing from Microsoft, etc.).